A review factors affecting building defects of structural steel construction. Case study: Student accommodation in UiTM Perak
In Malaysia, building condition survey is currently vastly underrated and ignored by owners, managers and professionals. The building owners or facilities managers has identified that the complaints about building defects have gone up in recent years with common problem such as leaky roofs and walls...
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2-s2.0-84855700458 Wahab S.N.A.; Hamid M.Y. A review factors affecting building defects of structural steel construction. Case study: Student accommodation in UiTM Perak 2011 Procedia Engineering 20 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.153 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84855700458&doi=10.1016%2fj.proeng.2011.11.153&partnerID=40&md5=76af11a833bb3a10be8034c45b762039 In Malaysia, building condition survey is currently vastly underrated and ignored by owners, managers and professionals. The building owners or facilities managers has identified that the complaints about building defects have gone up in recent years with common problem such as leaky roofs and walls, dampness and water penetration from the upper toilet, crack at floor slab and others. This paper presents a brief description of building defect in use of student hostels in UiTM Perak. The main objective is to highlight the important problems and suggest a possible remedial work and increased the awareness of building owners regarding building condition survey and its relation to building maintenance management. The building condition survey will take quite a range of Building Surveyor specialist equipment to seven hostel buildings in UiTM Perak. This paper has gained an insight into a better understanding of factors affecting building defects of structural steel construction. It also explores opportunities for improving the understanding of building surveying profession in our country. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. 18777058 English Conference paper All Open Access; Gold Open Access |
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Wahab S.N.A.; Hamid M.Y. |
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A review factors affecting building defects of structural steel construction. Case study: Student accommodation in UiTM Perak |
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In Malaysia, building condition survey is currently vastly underrated and ignored by owners, managers and professionals. The building owners or facilities managers has identified that the complaints about building defects have gone up in recent years with common problem such as leaky roofs and walls, dampness and water penetration from the upper toilet, crack at floor slab and others. This paper presents a brief description of building defect in use of student hostels in UiTM Perak. The main objective is to highlight the important problems and suggest a possible remedial work and increased the awareness of building owners regarding building condition survey and its relation to building maintenance management. The building condition survey will take quite a range of Building Surveyor specialist equipment to seven hostel buildings in UiTM Perak. This paper has gained an insight into a better understanding of factors affecting building defects of structural steel construction. It also explores opportunities for improving the understanding of building surveying profession in our country. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. |
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